Nanochitosan Applications for Enhanced Crop Production and Food Security is a comprehensive resource on how nanochitosan applications enhance agriculture productivity. It covers applications of sustainable solutions, like seed treatment, foliar spraying, soil amendment, and pest control. Additionally, the book also explores nanochitosan's role in precision farming, including the development of nanosensors for monitoring crop growth, soil health, agrochemical penetration, and environmental conditions.
The book discusses state-of-the-art recent advances in nanochitosan applications, such as target delivery, genetic manipulation, and antimicrobial uses. Derived from natural sources, this book constructs extensive information on nanochitosan's applications. With detailed chapters on its biological modes of action, this book provides practical insights into field applications and the nutritional impacts on nanochitosan-treated crops.
Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Edo University Iyamho, in Edo State, Nigeria. Currently, he is the Director of Intellectual Properties and Technology Transfer. He has published more than 600 papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals as well as more than 50 books, 340 book chapters, and many scientific patents.
Maulin P. Shah, PhD, is the Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Wastewater Research Lab at Enviro Technology Ltd., Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. He has published over 200 research publications in national and international journals. In addition to his authored works, he has edited over 65 books and serves as an editor and reviewer for over 150 journals.
Yerima Mohammed Bello, PhD, is the Academic Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Sokoto State University, Dangeda, Nigeria with over 26 years of research and teaching experience. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals as well as over 90 conference and workshop papers.
Daniel Hefft is a food engineer specializing in food process design and engineering. He lectures in food sciences and agriculture at various institutions and has been awarded research fellowships with the University of Birmingham, UK. Additionally, he has authored over 30 papers in internationally recognized books and journals. He is also the founder of Rheality Ltd., a company using a novel technology based on acoustic sensing and machine learning for rheology measurements.
Jay Singh, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published over 80 international research papers and authored more than 15 book chapters and several books.
Shyam S. Pandey, PhD, is a professor in the Green Electronics Department, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan. He has published more than 220 papers in international refereed journals, more than 500 papers in national and international conferences, and over 30 patents in India, Japan, Europe, and the United States.
Ravindra Pratap Singh, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, India. He has authored over 55 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and edited eight books and over 40 book chapters of international repute.
